Difference Between Balance Sheet And Income Statement
Maybe you don’t feel confident with accounting literacy. That’s okay, but let’s not make this an excuse. You gotta know and understand this stuff. It’s basic, like knowing the difference between a strike and a foul ball in baseball. And if you’re going to:...
In-House Lawyers Have Brutally Honest Conversation About Selecting Outside Counsel
Recently over at Big Law Investor, there was a post about the bloat in Big Law: More partner profits (which can never, ever be compromised) = more associate billable hours. More associate billable hours = paying higher associate salaries. Paying higher associate...
Lawyers are in the Business of Building Boundaries
A brief conversation I recently had with an IP lawyer. She moved in-house to one of her best clients a couple of years ago. For a time she said that things were going well. She recounted how she largely continued to function as she did when she was outside counsel....
A Criticism of Cynicism
That’s the classical etymological origin of the word cynic. Today most people define cynicism as an attitude or state of mind characterized by a general distrust of others’ motives.1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(contemporary). And if you spend...
W.A.I.T.
I’ve always been amazed at people who are good listeners. I have a friend who is an amazing listener. When you’re speaking with him – it’s not a back and forth volley of conversation. He’s not waiting for his chance to speak. He’s...
Speaking At Clio Cloud Conference
So Clio has announced the majority of the speaker line up for its annual event, the Clio Cloud Conference. Yes, #cloud.1This is a in joke for Gyi Tsakalakis. If you don’t have an overabundance of consonants in your name, go back to the top. Who can you expect to...
Benefits Of The Bar
This past week I attended the Alabama State Bar’s Annual Meeting and Conference. I was invited to come down and speak about The Twitters social media. There’s a full house at @associatesmind ‘s social media presentation at the #asb17...
2017 Bitcoin Case Law Update
Around this time last year there was a fair bit of noise as to whether Bitcoin is legal money or not, spurred on by Florida v. Espinoza, in Miami, Florida. This pithy line struck a chord with many: The court is not an expert in economics; however, it is very clear,...
2017 ABA Journal Web 100 Nominations
Things have been slow on the blog front of late due to a confluence of events, but I should be in the clear to get back to regularly scheduled blogging shortly. (Though I continue to remain active on the Twitters <- follow me there). In the interim, I did want to...LawyerSmack
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